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At the chemical level, human beings just aren’t all that different from pumpkins or any other life forms.

— Harold J. Morowitz The Facts of Life: Science and the Abortion Controversy (1992)

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All forms of life are related to each other, and the basic mechanisms that drive all of them are the same.

The Facts of Life: Science and the Abortion Controversy (1992)

This type of answer is profoundly unsatisfying, but it’s about all you can expect if you ask the wrong question.

The Facts of Life: Science and the Abortion Controversy (1992)

The fact that both you and the amoeba use these universal molecules in your energy metabolism is as striking an example of the relatedness of life as can be found.

The Facts of Life: Science and the Abortion Controversy (1992)

It is clearly in the best interests of everyone involved that these decisions be made with a maximum of compassion, a minimum of bureaucratic intervention, and the absence of attorneys.

The Facts of Life: Science and the Abortion Controversy (1992)

The purpose of this book is to discuss and present evidence for the general thesis that the flow of energy through a system acts to organize that system.

Energy Flow in Biology: Biological Organization as a Problem in Thermal Physics (1968)

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